| Everything Happens to Me | |
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| Directed by | Roy William Neill |
| Produced by | Jerome Jackson |
| Written by | John Dighton Austin Melford |
| Starring | Max Miller Chili Bouchier H.F. Maltby |
| Music by | Louis Levy |
| Cinematography | Basil Emmott |
| Edited by | Leslie Norman |
| Productioncompany | Warner Brothers |
| Distributed by | Warner Brothers-First National Productions |
| Release date | December 1938 |
| Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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Everything Happens to Me is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Max Miller, Chili Bouchier and H.F. Maltby. It was made at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers The film's sets were designed by the art directors Peter Proud and Michael Relph.
Synopsis[edit]
The film features Miller as a vacuum-cleaner salesman volunteering as an election agent to canvas on behalf of prospective candidate Arthur Gusty (Maltby). However, when he learns from nurse Sally Green (Bouchier) that Gusty is a crook who has been systematically siphoning off funds from the local orphanage into his own pocket, he withdraws his support and throws himself whole-heartedly behind the campaign of Gusty's honourable opponent Norman Prodder (Frederick Burtwell).
Cast[edit]
- Max Miller as Charles Cromwell
- Chili Bouchier as Sally Green
- H.F. Maltby as Arthur Gusty
- Frederick Burtwell as Norman Prodder
- Norma Varden as Mrs. Prodder
- Allan Jeayes as Bill Johnson
- Winifred Izard as Mrs. Gusty
- Hal Walters as Jack
The title song and another within the film were written by Fred Godfrey.
Bibliography[edit]
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links[edit]
- Everything Happens to Me at IMDb
- Everything Happens to Me at BFI Film & TV Database
- Miller's Movies at Max Miller information site
